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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Etched panoramic view of a riverside town with masted ships, a grassy hill, large trees and billowing clouds.

Greenwich

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1637

Etched decorative panel with two figures among trees, cherubs, garlands, and bagpipes, in a formal ornamental frame.

Screen of Six Sheets (310)

Jr Louis Crépy, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a white robe with sword and pole, crouching on a red platform in heavy rain.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I in the Role of an Evil Courtier, Probably Prince Takahito, Illegitimate Son of Emperor Ta…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1775

Etching of two walking men beside a cart carrying a seated, wigged man with a book, under a caption about Dalblair.

Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides: Frontispiece

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Ink caricature of two men walking arm in arm up a city street, one holding a walking stick and the other gesturing with his h

Walking up the High Street, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Pen and ink engraving of three caricatured men in tricorn hats walking past a woman in a bonnet, with a caption below.

Setting Out from Edinburgh, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Etched caricature of two men in tricorn hats embracing in a stone passage, with a standing onlooker at left and a figure at r

The Embrace, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Etching of two men conversing at a candlelit table in an interior, with a dog at their feet and a quoted caption below.

Chatting, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Etching of a man pouring tea for a seated woman while another man sits at a table in an interior with a candle.

Tea, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Etching of two men on a ship deck, one gesturing while the other clutches a rope tied to a mast, with rigging visible.

Sailing Among the Hebrides, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Etching by Thomas Rowlandson, 1786: a man feeds a fish to a seated companion while women with baskets watch on a shore.

Scottifiying the Palate, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Etching of two seated men in a tavern interior, one gesturing and one looking up anxiously at a book on a table.

The Recovery, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Rowlandson caricature of an 1786 inn bedroom with a gown hung as a curtain between two beds, a spider and a worried sitter.

Lodging at M'Queen's, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Etching of a breakfast scene with seated figures, a servant with a tray, an infant, and busts on the wall.

Veronica A Breakfast Conversation, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Pen and ink caricature of a man in a feathered hat beating a seated writer with a cane in a cluttered study.

Revising for the Second Edition, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Etched caricature of three men in period dress walking in procession past a stone wall, one holding a candle and one a lanter

The Procession, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Etching of two men arguing in a library over books, with a third man watching from a doorway and coins scattered on the floor

The Contest at Auckinleck, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Etched caricature of a journalist in period dress striding over rocky ground, holding a scroll and a book, with a ruined arch

The Journalist, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Etching of a standing man with a book and a kneeling woman with clasped hands in a plain stone-walled interior.

The Reconciliation, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Etching of a caricatured man in a wig gesturing among seated theatre patrons in a crowded Drury Lane pit.

Imitations and Drury-Lane Theatre, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Etching of a kitchen scene: a man in a feathered hat and a woman with a knife at a table, with game birds and a lobster.

Wit and Wisdom, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Etching of a dancing man in a wig among kilted Highlanders on a hilltop, with sea and a sailboat in the distance.

The Dance of the Dun-Can, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a tattered black cloak beside a blossoming tree, glancing sideways with a wary look.

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Renegade Monk Zenjibo Disguised as Dainichibo in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1789

Woodblock print of a kneeling figure in a patterned kimono raising a small puppet in pink robes.

Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as a puppeteer

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1749

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral green kimono with a crest, holding a sword beneath a maple branch, by Torii Kiy

The Actor Anegawa Daikichi as Ayame no Mae in the play "Miyo no Hana Yunzei Kagami," performed at the Morita Theater…

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1760

Woodblock print of a man holding a yellow umbrella in rain beside a woman in green kimono holding a small boat.

Parody of Komachi praying for rain

Attributed to Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1765

Etching of two grotesque dancers in feathered caps on a town street, with a mounted rider and crowd behind them.

Capitan Babeo - Cucuba, plate 16 from Balli di Sfessania

Jacques Callot, c. 1622

Etching of two grotesque costumed figures, Capitano Bonbardon and Capitano Grillo, facing each other with a crowd behind them

Capitano Bonbardon - Capitano Grillo, plate 13 from Balli di Sfessania

Jacques Callot, c. 1622

Etching of a masked commedia figure and a feathered, gowned woman facing each other, with a crowded town street behind.

Capitano Cerimonia - Signora Lavinia, plate 3 from Balli di Sfessania

Jacques Callot, c. 1622

Etching of two grotesque feathered dancers dueling with a pole, with townspeople and buildings in the background.

Capitano Cardoni - Maramao, plate 22 from Balli di Sfessania

Jacques Callot, c. 1622